Wilhelm Wundt
1832 – 1920 · aged 88
German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832–1920)
- Born
- 16 Aug 1832 · Neckarau
- Died
- 31 Aug 1920 · Leipzig
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- 16 Aug 1832BornBorn in Neckarau
- 1902AwardHonorary citizen of Leipzig
- 1908AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 31 Aug 1920DiedDied in Leipzig
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Major world events during their lifetime (1832 – 1920).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (German: [vʊnt]; 16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physiologist, philosopher, professor, and one of the fathers of modern psychology. Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from philosophy and biology, was the first person to call himself a psychologist.
He is widely regarded as the "father of experimental psychology". In 1879, at the University of Leipzig, Wundt founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research. This marked psychology as an independent field of study.
He also established the first academic journal for psychological research, Philosophische Studien (from 1883 to 1903), followed by Psychologische Studien (from 1905 to 1917), to publish the institute's research.
A survey published in American Psychologist in 1991 ranked Wundt's reputation as first for "all-time eminence", based on ratings provided by 31 American historians of psychology. William James and Sigmund Freud were ranked a distant second and third.
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